marquis of jingan

In the past, Zhao Zhuo was the noble son of Jiankang in front of Shen Yi. To Shen Yi, he even felt "unattainable".

At that time, Shen Yi tried his best not to offend him if he could. Even after he was beaten by the servants of the Zhao family, under the mediation of the emperor, he gritted his teeth and endured it.

But now, to be honest, Shen Yi doesn't think much of this Zhao family's major general anymore.

Because Master Shen now has some foundations of his own.

Although he is an official of the fourth and fifth ranks now, the power in his hands is not small, and the foundation is so deep that he can even be regarded as a small force.

More importantly, he is now the imperial envoy who is fully responsible for patrolling the Huaihe Navy. For Shen Yi now, the only person in the Huaihe Navy who can talk to him directly is Zhao Lu. The Zhao Zhuo in front of him...

Some are not enough.

However, Zhao Lu escaped on the grounds that there was a war on the front line, and Shen Yi had no way to pursue it. After thinking for a while, he stroked his chin, then looked back at Zhao Zhuo, and said, "Since Lord Zhao is no longer in Fengyang Mansion, we can only Please, Major General, take me to inspect the Huaihe Naval Camp in Fengyang Mansion."

A smile appeared on Zhao Zhuo's face, and he said, "It's natural, wherever the imperial envoy wants to go, the general will take the imperial envoy there."

Shen Yi yawned, and said lightly: "Then ask the Major General to prepare the horse for me, and we will go to patrol the camp together."

The Huai River Navy has dozens of stations along the Huai River and several large camps, but the largest camp is naturally near Fengyang Mansion.

In Fengyang Camp, there are nearly [-] Huaihe naval forces in a large camp, which is almost [-]% of the entire Huaihe naval force.

Zhao Zhuo quickly brought Shen Yi a horse over, but before Shen Yi got on the horse, the major general smiled and said, "Master Imperial Envoy, it's getting late now, or else we'll go on patrol together after lunch." camp?"

Master Shen shook his head and refused, and said: "Let's go to the big camp and have a meal with the soldiers of the big camp, and take a look at what the soldiers are eating."

He was an imperial envoy, so after speaking, Zhao Zhuo naturally had no way to refuse.

So, he rode a horse and took Shen Yi to the Huaihe Naval Camp located outside the city of Fengyang Mansion.

It is said to be a big camp, but it is actually more like a large giant village. Although there are tents in the big camp, there are more wooden houses, and there are even buildings like green brick houses.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of Daying, Shen Yi saw a long queue at the gate, and estimated that there were 500 people in line.

Master Shen jumped off his mount, glanced at the people in line, and asked, "Major General, who are these?"

"They're all in the army."

Standing behind Shen Yi, Zhao Zhuo explained with a smile: "Our Huaihe naval division pays a high salary, and we can eat enough after entering. The young and strong in Fengyang Mansion are all struggling to join the army and serve the country. Every day there will be queues here. Long line."

Master Shen was thoughtful, and said with a smile: "From this point of view, the Huaihe Navy is indeed good. It seems that those people in the court who wrote a letter saying that the Huaihe Navy withheld military pay is a false accusation."

"Purely false accusation."

Zhao Zhuo said solemnly: "Since my great-grandfather passed on the family, three generations of Marquis Anping have been known to love soldiers like sons. How can I treat my brothers badly?"

Hearing his words, Master Shen took another look at the people queuing up, with a faint smile on his face, and he didn't speak.

In his heart, he sneered.

These hundreds of people queuing up to join the army are almost all neatly dressed, and all of them have shoes to wear!
Just when someone Shen is a fool!

In this era, most of the people who volunteered to join the army went to the army to find a way out because of poor family conditions.

If it is a local army, there may be some people from ordinary families who sign up to join the army. An army like the Huaihe Navy belongs to the frontier army and wants to fight against the barbarians in the north!

Not to mention far away, how many people were killed or injured by the Huaihe Navy in the seven years of Hongde?
In this case, only those who can't survive will join the army and make a living.

It is impossible for hundreds of people to line up in neat clothes like this.

It's not far from Jiankang. If you really have a good family, even if you join the army, you'll vote for the Imperial Army. Whoever votes for your Huaihe Navy!
However, Shen Yi did not expose Zhao Zhuo, but just followed the young general and entered the Huaihe navy camp.

It's normal in the big camp. At a glance, there are not a few people training on the school field, and they train very hard.

After walking around for a while, after experiencing the lunch in the military camp, there was nothing else to see. Master Shen put down the bowl and chopsticks, took a look at the "military meal" specially made for him in front of him, raised his head and smiled at Zhao Zhuo He smiled and said, "Major General, I want the soldiers from the camp to gather on the school grounds and greet them on behalf of the imperial court."

Zhao Zhuo gave the imperial envoy Shen Yi a lot of face, immediately put down the rice bowl in his hand, patted his chest and said, "Of course there is no problem, after the meal, the general will call the brothers."

At this time, the major general barely ate a bite.

Because the food in the barracks, even though it was a "special offering" and much better than the soldiers below, still didn't suit the major general's taste and was hard to swallow.

Zhao Zhuo's efficiency was very good. After eating, within an hour, he gathered all the soldiers in the camp and stood in front of Shen Yi.

There are more than 1 people.

These are the existing troops in this camp, but not all of them.

The remaining half of the people are going to patrol along the Huai River or go out to perform other tasks, and they are not in the camp.

Seeing these more than 1 people gathered together, Master Shen smiled at Zhao Zhuo and said, "Young General, I want to say a few words to these soldiers, please help me find dozens of messengers to pass on the message." .”

One person can speak to tens of thousands of people. In this era without equipment, many people with loud voices are needed to communicate.

Zhao Zhuo was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Of course there is no problem with this."

Soon, the messengers were found, lined up in a row, and stood in front of Shen Yi.

Master Shen walked straight in front of everyone honestly, and dozens of messengers also lined up in the line at a certain distance.

Originally, no matter who it is, standing in front of more than 1 people, there will be some stage fright, but Shen Yi has trained his mentality to be quite strong in the past few years. Standing in front of everyone, he just coughed lightly, and then Glancing at these people, he said with a smile: "Everyone, I am an imperial envoy sent by the imperial court to inspect the Huaihe Navy."

This sentence was quickly passed down by the messenger.

As soon as it was handed down, Zhao Zhuo, who was standing near Shen Yi, began to play tricks. The young general snorted, "Don't you kneel down and kowtow to the imperial envoy? Don't die!"

Ever since, more than 1 people knelt down in unison.

Master Shen frowned, glanced at Zhao Zhuo, and said calmly: "Zhao Qianhu, when I speak, it's better for you not to speak."

Zhao Zhuo smiled awkwardly, bowed his head slightly, and said, "Your Imperial Envoy has misunderstood, these brothers in our army don't know how to be polite, I'm afraid they will offend Your Excellency the Imperial Envoy."

Shen Yi glanced at him, ignored him, and continued, "Everyone, stand up and talk."

Following the messenger's message, everyone stood up hesitantly.

With a smile on his face, Mr. Shen said with a smile: "I am here this time, in addition to inspecting the Huaihe Navy, I also want to replace Your Majesty and reward the Huaihe Navy."

"Relying on the life of the officers and men in the army, since Hongde seven years ago, the northern border of our Great Chen has been basically stable, and the Hu people dare not violate the border."

"Your Majesty knows that this is the result of the soldiers fighting bravely."

Having said that, Shen Yi paused for a while, and waited for the orderer to finish delivering the words before continuing: "Therefore, His Majesty sent me down to reward the soldiers."

"After three days, I will personally set up an account at the gate of the camp to distribute the money, and each soldier can receive..."

Master Shen paused for a moment, and after the messenger finished delivering the message, he said loudly, "Eight taels in cash!"

The messenger was taken aback for a moment, then quickly turned around to deliver the message.

"Eight taels of silver!"

"Eight taels of silver!"

These four words exploded among the soldiers.

Then, the quiet school field immediately became lively, and these soldiers began to discuss heatedly.

Zhao Zhuo was taken aback for a moment, and then his expression turned a little ugly. He walked up to Shen Yi, lowered his head slightly and said, "Master Imperial Envoy, why didn't the imperial court notify the army in advance?"

Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and glanced at him.

"Does the court need to notify in advance about this?"

Zhao Zhuo took a deep breath, then lowered his head and said, "Master Imperial Envoy, I have a lot of people in the Huaihe Navy, and you send them out one by one. It only takes a day or two to finish the distribution."

Hearing his words, Master Shen snorted, and said in a low voice, "Zhao Zhuo, you are so courageous!"

"Give you the money, it's His Majesty's reward for the army, return your reward for the army!"

"Since I am rewarding the army on behalf of His Majesty, of course I will distribute the money to all the soldiers in person, and no one can do it for me!"

Zhao Zhuo was sprayed with saliva by Shen Yi, and he suppressed his anger and dared not speak.

Master Shen said lightly: "That's the matter."

"Three days later, the official will personally preside over the distribution of money."